What is Uninstall.exe?

Uninstall.exe is part of IEUninst and developed by SpringTech (Cayman) Ltd. according to the Uninstall.exe version information.

Uninstall.exe's description is "IEUninst"

Uninstall.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\{28e56cfb-e30e-4f66-85d8-339885b726b8}\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Uninstall.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

23 of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Uninstall.exe file. That's a 32% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare/Win32.WinWrapper
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win32:AdwareSig [Adw]
AVG	Win32:AdwareSig [Adw]
Comodo	Malware@#2tyqpcjc4ag3
Cylance	Unsafe
DrWeb	Adware.Spigot.155
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
FireEye	Generic.mg.f6214abf534cd6e1
Fortinet	Riskware/PUP
GData	Win32.Application.SpringTech.A
Malwarebytes	PUP.Optional.Spigot
McAfee	RDN/Generic PUP.x
McAfee-GW-Edition	RDN/Generic PUP.x
Microsoft	PUA:Win32/WinWrapper
Rising	PUA.WinWrapper!8.FC8 (CLOUD)
Sophos	Generic PUA OA (PUA)
Trapmine	suspicious.low.ml.score
TrendMicro	Adware.Win32.Spigot.AF
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Adware.Win32.Spigot.AF
VBA32	Adware.Spigot
Webroot	W32.Adware.Gen

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\{28e56cfb-e30e-4f66-85d8-339885b726b8}"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
        "api-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0",
        "ext-ms-win-kernel32-package-current-l1-1-0"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\8a41255f237a8ac63fd9a97ad43e694713d70712bcf48f88eac89d507aafaff4.bin",
        "process_name": "8a41255f237a8ac63fd9a97ad43e694713d70712bcf48f88eac89d507aafaff4.bin",
        "pid": 2740,
        "summary": {
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\{28e56cfb-e30e-4f66-85d8-339885b726b8}"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
                "api-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0",
                "ext-ms-win-kernel32-package-current-l1-1-0"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1584780785.578125,
        "ppid": 1664
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1584780785.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Queries for potentially installed applications",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "registry",
                    "status": 0,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "last_error": 126,
                    "nt_status": -1073741772,
                    "api": "RegOpenKeyExW",
                    "return_value": 2,
                    "arguments": {
                        "access": "0x00020019",
                        "base_handle": "0x80000001",
                        "key_handle": "0x00000000",
                        "regkey": "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\{28e56cfb-e30e-4f66-85d8-339885b726b8}",
                        "regkey_r": "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\{28e56cfb-e30e-4f66-85d8-339885b726b8}",
                        "options": 0
                    },
                    "time": 1584780785.656125,
                    "tid": 2436,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2740,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 62
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "queries_programs"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.0782899856567383,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5074,
            "time": 3.0243029594421387,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5402,
            "time": 1.03255295753479,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5730,
            "time": 3.0363569259643555,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6058,
            "time": 1.5349678993225098,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6386,
            "time": -0.09525918960571289,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6714,
            "time": 1.5623869895935059,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16512,
            "time": 1.0626039505004883,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 24896,
            "time": 3.140885829925537,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "ad32f46c639978eebbdcc93ea50681c637db09dfd4f8ab4194f3858f1e1addbe",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "552582538f2985df602c3be8af2d1ad9192e0d4f9f471b16d42d6a46b5f6045e",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Uninstall.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Uninstall.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Uninstall.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Uninstall.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate Uninstall.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Uninstall.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate Uninstall.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\ro..56cfb-e30e-4f66-85d8-339885b726b8}\Uninstall.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Uninstall.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Uninstall.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Uninstall.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If Uninstall.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that Uninstall.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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